Rainbow City vs Shongopovi

A side-by-side comparison of Rainbow City and Shongopovi: population, income, housing, and more.

Rainbow City and Shongopovi are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shongopovi has the higher population (1,131 vs 901 in Rainbow City). Shongopovi has the higher median household income ($32,708 vs $16,953 in Rainbow City). Rainbow City has the higher median home value ($92,700 vs $76,200 in Shongopovi).

Population, income & housing

	Rainbow City	Shongopovi
Population	901	1,131
Median age	28.7 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$16,953	$32,708
Median home value	$92,700	$76,200
Housing units	219	317
Homeownership rate	83.1%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	31.3%	30.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rainbow City	Shongopovi
Population	1,041 → 901 (-13.4%)	1,017 → 1,131 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$22,375 → $16,953 (-24.2%)	$32,708 → $32,708 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$54,500 → $92,700 (+70.1%)	$86,300 → $76,200 (-11.7%)

Rainbow City

Population

1,041901

Median household income

$22,375$16,953

Median home value

$54,500$92,700

Shongopovi

Population

1,0171,131

Median household income

$32,708$32,708

Median home value

$86,300$76,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rainbow City	Shongopovi
Under 5	5.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	35.5%	30.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	11.4%
25 to 34	7.2%	16.3%
35 to 44	7.5%	9.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	7.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	4.1%	3.6%
75 and over	5.3%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rainbow City	Shongopovi
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	96.9%	96.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rainbow City	Shongopovi
No high school diploma	33.2%	16.1%
High school graduate	47.1%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rainbow City	Shongopovi
Drove alone	100.0%	78.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	5.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rainbow City	Shongopovi
1-unit, detached	96.8%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	24.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Rainbow City	Shongopovi
Poverty rate	58.8%	47.9%
Average household size	4.62	4.44
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1985	1976